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Katerina Mina – Biography London-based opera singer Katerina Mina is a Greek-Cypriot-born Spinto Soprano. After her initial studies in Cyprus, Katerina moved to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, having received full scholarships from the Corporation of London and the A. G. Leventis Foundation. Katerina was initially training to become a concert pianist, but her love and passion for singing eventually took over. It was a few years after she joined the Guildhall School of Music & Drama that Katerina decided to devote herself to singing and embark her artistic career as an opera singer. Meanwhile her repertoire changed to the heavier roles of the Spinto Soprano. Katerina has recently performed the roles of Kupava at UCOpera’s production of The Snowmaiden by Rimsky-Korsakov (Bloomsbury Theatre, London), Giorgetta from Puccini’s Il Tabarro (Skull of Yorick Productions) and Santuzza from Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana (CYSO). Previous operatic roles include Donna Elvira Don Giovanni (Staatstheater Cottbus), Elle La Voix Humaine (Grimeborn Opera Festival & Kypria International Music Festival), Nedda I Pagliacci (Kolobov Novaya Opera of Moscow), Violetta La Traviata & Fiordiligi Cosi Fan Tutte (European Chamber Opera), Vivika Vaftistikos (CSO), Mimi La Bohème (British Youth Opera) & Karolka Jenufa (English Touring Opera). At the concert platform Katerina appeared recently as a special guest in Rick Wakeman’s symphonic concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Orion Symphony Orchestra). Further concert performances include Verdi’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Choral Symphony no.9 (London Chorus, St. John’s Smith Square), Haydn’s Nelson & Little Organ Masses (Shrewsbury Abbey), Tippett's Negro Spirituals & Fanshawe's African Sanctus (Manama Singers Bahrain), Pitta’s symphonic piece 1973 at Athens Megaron (National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of ERT), Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stanley Hall Opera), Haydn's Scena di Berenice (Georgisches Kammerorchester), A. Sakali’s oratorio Liturgy beneath the Acropolis (Oxford Philomusica), Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Theodoraki’s Oratorios and Duparc’s Orchestral Songs (Cyprus Symphony Orchestra).
Katerina Mina – Biography Some of the venues Katerina has performed at are the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Hackney Empire, Buxton Opera House, St. John’s Smith Square, Sheldonian Theatre, Shrewsbury Abbey, De Montfort Hall, Auditorio de Tenerife, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gasteig Munich, Lichtwarksaal Hamburg, Steinway-Haus Hamburg, Les Invalides Paris, ‘Juhlasali’ of the Helsinki City Hall, ZIL Culture Centre Moscow, Theocharakis Foundation of Fine Arts, as well as the Athens and Thessaloniki Concert Halls. Katerina’s first Single Rainbow of Light (anthem) by UK composer Linda Lamon and UK producer Nigel Stonier, has being released on iTunes and all digital outlets on 22 December 2015 for Winter Solstice. Moreover, Katerina’s CD with pianist Elena Mouzalas, features Chopin’s 17 Polish Songs & Schumann’s Frauenliebe und-Leben. Katerina Mina has been awarded the Russian Government’s Medal for ‘Peace and Friendship’ by the President of the Moscow Peace Foundation Mr. Shakurov, during one of her recent performances in Moscow in December 2015.
Katerina Mina – Press
“Soprano Katerina Mina gave the full operatic treatment to ‘Help’ by The
Beatles, such with all the passion of a Puccini heroine”
The Daily Express
“A beautifully operatic rendition of ‘Morning Has Broken’ by the soprano
Katerina Mina”
The Daily Express
“Katerina Mina, a fiery Kupava, projected her sweeping lines with assurance and
conviction”
Opera Magazine
“Greek-Cypriot Soprano Katerina Mina played the role of Kupava in grandiose
style, relishing the dramatic possibilities”
Bachtrack
“Fine diction from Katerina Mina as Kupava, with a dramatic stage presence”
Professor Mark Ronan
“The casting of Katerina Mina is perfect. She is young, elegant, and her singing is
superb”
Plays to See
“Soprano Katerina Mina is beautiful and thoroughly convincing as the
heartbroken heroine. Even to someone who can only pick up the word ‘rien’, it is
captivating”
Exeunt Magazine
“Leading an outstanding cast, Katerina Mina made a welcome return to Bahrain
to sing a stupendous Donna Elvira…”
George Younis
Katerina Mina – Press
“Sublime recital left us spellbound. Katerina Mina – a consummate musician”
Colchester News
“A deeply passionate vocal sound”
Colchester News
“Ms Mina was entirely convincing as the protagonist and had the audience with
her every step of the way... Her final song portraying total desolation on the
death of her beloved was truly breathtaking”
Colchester News
“The beauty in Katerina Mina’s voice and the grand surroundings of Wakefield
Cathedral mingled to produce a very special performance which was warmly
appreciated by the audience”
Wakefield Internet Learning Domaine
“The surprise of the evening was the soloist, Soprano Katerina Mina… She added
layers of depth and visualisation to the work that any singer coming after her
will be hard put to replicate…”
Gulf Weekly
“Katerina went on to sing superbly in ‘African Sanctus’, soaring over the choir
with perfect empathy, in her rich, operatic tones. She was a joy to work with!…”
Conductor, Alistair Auld – Bahrain
“Katerina Miná is a pearl. Her mature voice has a given place in any Music Hall. I
hope we listen to her often in Finland”
Göran Stenius, Helsinki
“The opulent-voiced Katerina Miná thoroughly inhabited Mimi in an emotionally
convincing performance. She wowed audiences with both the beauty of her voice
and the depth of her characterization”
GoDubai News
Katerina Mina – Press
“I was particularly impressed by Katerina Miná, who produced one of the best
Come scoglios I've heard from a singer of her age”
Musical Pointers
“The height of them was undoubtedly the discovery of soprano Katerina Mina,
with a dark, ravishingly beautiful soprano voice. Her first song drew a storm of
applause and each song thereafter had the same breathing sense of theatre, of
ancient yearning and tragedy”
Eastern Daily Press (Norfolk and Norwich)
“Katerina has one of those clear-as-a-bell soprano voices, displayed with great
charm to the top of the register, and with generous volume”
Musical Pointers
“I particularly enjoyed her extract from Adriana Lecouvreur and she exactly
caught the wistful longing of Weber’s heroine, Agathe”
Musical Pointers
“Katerina Mina dominated with the cantata ‘Berenice che fai’ by Haydn. The
smooth and resplendent sound of her voice, as well as the sensual and
comparably expressive performed sections interweaved with the dynamic,
precisely harmonized sounds of the orchestra”
Ingolstadt News
“West Side Story which brought with it yet another revelation in the young
soprano Katerina Mina. She is sensational and her faultless rendering of
Bernstein’s classic songs ‘Somewhere’ and ‘I Feel Pretty’ almost brought the
house down”
The Cyprus Weekly
“Greek-Cypriot Soprano Katerina Mina gave a good vocal rendition of Nedda as
well as displaying her natural acting abilities – her ease and comfort on the
stage visible and convincing, her high notes were all well pitched and nicely
rounded”
The Cyprus Mail
Katerina Mina – Press
“The highlight of the evening was Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben. Katerina,
with her cultivated dramatic sense and her no-holds-barred passion made
something special of this poignant cycle”
The Cyprus Mail
Katerina Mina – Press Reviews
Soloist / An Evening with Rick Wakeman / Orion Symphony Orchestra / Queen
Elizabeth Hall London
“Soprano Katerina Mina gave the full operatic treatment to "Help" by The
Beatles, such with all the passion of a Puccini heroine”
“A beautifully operatic rendition of "Morning Has Broken" by the soprano
Katerina Mina”
William Hartston - The Daily Express
Kupava / The Snow Maiden by Rimsky-Korsakov / Bloomsbury Theatre London
“Katerina Mina, a fiery Kupava, projected her sweeping lines with assurance and
conviction”
Yehuda Shapiro - Opera Magazine
“Greek-Cypriot Soprano Katerina Mina played the role of Kupava in grandiose
style, relishing the dramatic possibilities”
Mark Pullinger - Bachtrack
“Fine diction from Katerina Mina as Kupava, with a dramatic stage presence”
Professor Mark Ronan
Elle / La Voix Humaine / Grimeborn Opera Festival
“The casting of Katerina Mina is perfect. She is young, elegant, and her singing is
superb”
Tom Aitken – Plays to See
“Soprano Katerina Mina is beautiful and thoroughly convincing as the
heartbroken heroine. Even to someone who can only pick up the word ‘rien’, it is
captivating”
Carmel Doohan – Exeunt Magazine
Katerina Mina – Press Reviews
Donna Elvira / Don Giovanni / Bahrain
“Leading an outstanding cast, Katerina Mina made a welcome return to Bahrain
to sing an stupendous Donna Elvira and her interaction with Jonathan Sells’
Leporello made his Madamina, il catalogo è questo all the more fun”
George Younis
Recital with pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips / Roman River Festival / Colchester
Sublime recital left us spellbound. Katerina Mina – a consummate musician
“The programme gave Katerina Mina and Simon C-P ample scope to display their
consummate musicianship. A deeply passionate vocal sound was enhanced by
block chords and rippling figures. Liszt’s Oh! quand je dors was sublimely lyrical
and Bizet’s Ouvre ton Coeur quite thrilling. The performers excelled themselves
after the interval with a heartfelt account of Schumann’s bitter-sweet song cycle
Frauenliebe und Leben. Ms Mina was entirely convincing as the protagonist and
had the audience with her every step of the way as she grew from an excited
lovesick young maiden, into a contended and devoted wife and other. Her final
song portraying total desolation on the death of her beloved was truly
breathtaking. The closing bars were exquisitely executed and left the audience
spellbound”
Jackie Wallace, Colchester News
WYSO Gala Concert / Wakefield Cathedral
“The beauty in Katerina Mina’s voice and the grand surroundings of Wakefield
Cathedral mingled to produce a very special performance which was warmly
appreciated by the audience”
Wakefield Internet Learning Domaine
Katerina Mina – Press Reviews
David Fanshawe’s African Sanctus / Manama Singers Bahrain
“The surprise of the evening was the soloist, Soprano Katerina Mina. She
appeared on the stage like a little sparrow and proceeded to sing with aplomb
and Joie de Vivre. She added layers of depth and visualisation to the work that
any singer coming after her will be hard put to replicate…”
Christine Hasan – Gulf Weekly
“Katerina went on to sing superbly in ‘African Sanctus’, soaring over the choir
with perfect empathy, in her rich, operatic tones. She was a joy to work with!…”
Conductor, Alistair Auld – Bahrain
Sibelius song cycle Op.90, Michaelides songs / 'Juhlasali' at Helsinki City Hall
“Katerina Miná is a pearl. Her mature voice has a given place in any Music Hall. I
hope we listen to her often in Finland”
Göran Stenius, Helsinki
Leicester Symphony Orchestra / Valentine’s Day Gala, De Montford Hall
“The rich voices of soprano Katerina Miná and tenor James Edwards brought to
life such delights as Dvorak's Song to the Moon... The two voices were well
matched as duettists in Puccini's O Soave Fanciulla and Lloyd Webber's All I Ask
of You”
Peter Collett, The Leicester Mercury
Mimi / La Bohème / European Chamber Opera, Qanat al Qasbat
“The opulent-voiced Katerina Miná thoroughly inhabited Mimi in an emotionally
convincing performance. She wowed audiences with both the beauty of her voice
and the depth of her characterization”
GoDubai News
Katerina Mina – Press Reviews
Fiordiligi / Cosi Fan Tutte / Minautor Musical Theatre, London
“Vocal standards matched up to the acting; I was particularly impressed by
Katerina Miná, who produced one of the best Come scoglios I've heard from a
singer of her age and by Richard Rowe as a meltingly romantic Ferrando”
Serena Fenwick, Musical Pointers
Series of concerts in Norwich / ETHOL
“…But the height of them was undoubtedly the discovery of soprano Katerina
Mina, with a dark, ravishingly beautiful soprano voice. Her first song drew a
storm of applause and each song thereafter had the same breathing sense of
theatre, of ancient yearning and tragedy”
Eastern Daily Press (Norfolk and Norwich)
Recital with pianist Anthony Legge / Leighton House Museum
“A capacity audience had turned up to fill the elegant recital studio at Leighton
House and there was buzz of excitement in the air as we waited to hear this
attractive young soprano, in what proved to be a most enjoyable evening’s
entertainment. Katerina has one of those clear-as-a-bell soprano voices,
displayed with great charm to the top of the register, and with generous
volume... In the second half of the programme, attention turned to the world of
opera, with a selection of arias ranging from Mozart to Puccini. These are
testing pieces for a young singer, especially when she has to tackle five big arias
in rapid succession, and I was impressed by the style and contrasting moods with
which Katerina presented them. I particularly enjoyed her extract from Adriana
Lecouvreur and she exactly caught the wistful longing of Weber’s heroine,
Agathe, and look forward to hearing her again”
Serena Fenwick, Musical Pointers
Katerina Mina – Press Reviews
Scena di Berenice / The Georgian Chamber Orchestra, Ingolstadt
“The Georgian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Markus Poschner, in its last
concert ‘The new Europe’, succeeded in approaching this attractive country in a
musical way. Both the young talented pianist Irma Issakadze and the soprano
Katerina Mina who was born in Cyprus played a role in this. The last dominated
with the cantata ‘Berenice che fai’ (a dramatic love song), composed by Haydn.
The smooth and resplendent sound of her voice, as well as the sensual and
comparably expressive performed sections interweaved with the dynamic,
precisely harmonized sounds of the orchestra”
Johannes Seifert, Ingolstadt News
Leicester Symphony Orchestra / Opera Gala, De Montford Hall
“The two soloists, Katerina Mina (soprano) and Dominic Natoli (tenor) were
superb, both individually and as a duet”
The Leicester Mercury
Elle / La Voix Humaine / Kypria International Music Festival 2009
“The most successful part of the evening was the ‘lyrique tragedy in one act’ – La
Voix Humaine… It is an extremely affecting and poignant work which is
extremely taxing and demanding on the performer, both musically and
dramatically. Mina gave an emotional reading of the call and ably moved
through the heart rending panic, desolation and emotional turbulence of Elle.
The interruptions of the crossed line were dramatic and her distraught feelings
well portrayed.”
Saskia Constantinou – Cyprus Mail
Katerina Mina – Press Reviews
Maria / West Side Story / Oxford Philomusica, Nicosia Municipal Theatre
“The first half of the program would have been enough to send us all home
delighted, but there was much more to come: West Side Story which brought
with it yet another revelation in the young soprano Katerina Mina. She is
sensational and her faultless rendering of Bernstein’s classic songs ‘Somewhere’
and ‘I Feel Pretty’ almost brought the house down. Mina is obviously a major
talent that we shall be hearing much more of”
The Cyprus Weekly
Karolka / Jenufa / English Touring Opera, Wolverhampton and Perth
“Katerina Mina’s ghastly Karolka was a fine characterization…”
Barry Tone, Primi Divi
“His wife (Penny Ormerod) and daughter (Katerina Mina) look and sound related
and are suitably patronizing of Jenufa”
Catriona Graham, Perth News
Nedda / I Pagliacci / Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow
“Greek-Cypriot Soprano Katerina Mina gave a good vocal rendition of Nedda as
well as displaying her natural acting abilities – her ease and comfort on the
stage visible and convincing, her high notes were all well pitched and nicely
rounded”
Saskia Constantinou, The Cyprus Mail
Katerina Mina – Press Reviews
Concert ‘FOR THE LOVE OF LIFE’ / pianist Anthony Legge, PASYDY Auditorium
“Katerina Mina, who honours our country with her artistic and charity action,
and accomplished Britsh tenor James Edwards performed successfully O Soave
Fanciulla... The culmination of the programme was their duet Vogliatemi Bene
from Madama Butterfly. Katerina Mina deserved the audience's prolonged
applause which prompted her to perform yet another piece, this time the non-
operatic but, nonetheless, captivating song Hartino to Feggaraki by Manos
Hadjidakis, to receive yet another hearty acclamation from the audience…
Katerina Mina was, nevertheless the performer who deservedly earned the
audience's enthusiasm, who more than ever excelled herself with her beauty,
imposing presence and technical training, her interpretation and resplendent
voice. If she can successfully perform arias immortalised by the performances of
great artists, such as Maria Callas, before the audience and evoke such
enthusiasm, this could only mean that our Cypriot star is rising high the
firmament of art”
Donis Christofinis, Haravgi Newspaper
Celebratory Concert for Launching the Euro / Symphonic works Helen and Rime
d’Amore by Christos Pittas / Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, Nicosia Municipal
Theatre
“Soprano Katerina Miná not only looked beautiful, but sang beautifully too. Her
voice had pathos and negotiated the high lying writing skilfully, never losing the
diction, so important in this work (Symphonic Poem Helen for soprano and
orchestra). The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra showed incredible teamwork under
Baltas and together with Katerina Miná, tenor Nikos Stefanou, baritone Kyros
Patsalides and troubadour Alkinoos Ioannidis gave a solid performance of the
Rime d'Amore (world-premiere)”
Saskia Constantinou, The Cyprus Mail
Katerina Mina – Press Reviews
LMS INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL / pianist Nicolas Constantinou,
PASYDY Auditorium
“Greek-Cypriot soprano Katerina Mina sang Sibelius and Grieg in Swedish and
Norwegian having received intensive training in both languages to reach this
high performance level. She has a richly varied voice, and handled these
fiendishly difficult songs ably. The highlight of the evening was Schumann’s
Frauenliebe und Leben. Katerina, with her cultivated dramatic sense and her no-
holds-barred passion made something special of this poignant cycle. These songs
need a light, deft touch and her young soprano voice was suited to the young
girl, bride, mother and widow of the cycle. Her delivery of the German words
was very responsive, with her voice retaining its rich, warm, and luminous tone.
The narrative line was sustained through the eight songs, with the anticipation
leading from joy to ecstasy, to the final aching grief”
Saskia Constantinou, The Cyprus Mail
Recital of Schubert Lieder / Poems by Goethe and Müller, PASYDY Auditorium
“Nicosia’s music lover public had a unique opportunity to enjoy an excellent
recital. With her interpretative power, her serious approach towards the art, her
expressive power and above all her beautiful voice Katerina Mina succeeded in
making it possible for most of us, who do not understand the German language,
to participate in high art.
Using stage acting and phonetic plasticity, Katerina Mina successfully expressed
the spiritual transitions and nuances of feelings from joy to sadness, nostalgia,
melancholy, daydreaming and hope… This recital was another step in Ms Mina’s
successful course towards the top of the art. With her rich qualifications, her
talent and her continuous serious and intensive practice, it is certain that her
star will reach the highest point, for her own artistic consummation and for
Cyprus”
Donis Christofinis, Haravgi Newspaper
Katerina Mina – Repertoire OPERATIC ROLES: BARBER VANESSA - VANESSA BRITTEN QUEEN ELIZABETH I - GLORIANA MASCAGNI SANTUZZA - CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA MOZART ELETTRA - IDOMENEO POULENC ELLE - LA VOIX HUMAINE PUCCINI TOSCA – TOSCA MANON - MANON LESCAUT GIORGETTA - IL TABARRO MADAMA BUTTERFLY - MADAMA BUTTERFLY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV KUPAVA - THE SNOWMAIDEN VERDI AMELIA - UN BALLO IN MASCHERA LEONORA - LA FORZA DEL DESTINO WAGNER ELISABETH - TANNHÄUSER WEBER AGATHE - DER FREISCHÜTZ
Katerina Mina – Repertoire ORATORIO - SYMPHONIC PIECES: BEETHOVEN CHORAL SYMPHONY, NO.9 IN D MINOR EGMONT OVERTURE, OP.84 CHARALAMBOUS REQUIEM FOR HEROES CHRISTODOULIDES FOUR SYMPHONIC SONGS DUPARC SYMPHONIC SONGS FANSHAWE AFRICAN SANCTUS HAYDN SCENA DI BERENICE CREATION NELSON MASS LITTLE ORGAN MASS KARIOLOU HYMN FOR CYPRUS MENDELSSOHN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM MOZART REQUIEM REGINA COELI KV 276 CORONATION MASS, IN C PITTAS RIME D’AMORE (for soprano, tenor, baritone, troubadour and orchestra) HELEN (symphonic poem for soprano and orchestra) 1973 (for soprano, orchestra, chorus & electronic sound track) ROSSINI STABAT MATER SAKALIS LITURGY BENEATH THE ACROPOLIS (for soprano, baritone and orchestra)
Katerina Mina – Repertoire THEODORAKIS EPITAPH EPIPHANY TIPPETT NEGRO SPIRITUALS VALTULLINI AVE MARIA VERDI REQUIEM
Katerina Mina – YouTube Links
OPERA: (Professional video recordings) Pietro Mascagni: ‘Voi lo sapete, o mamma’ from Cavalleria Rusticana - https://youtu.be/jWZhWqhejm8 Giuseppe Verdi: ‘Morro, ma prima in Grazia’ from Un Ballo in Maschera - https://youtu.be/0zwK2wymBJ0 Giacomo Puccini: ‘Sola, perduta, abbandonata’ from Manon Lescaut - https://youtu.be/d2d2ff-eXyw CROSS OVER/POP: (Professional studio recording/production and filming. Released on iTunes, Amazon and all digital outlets) Linda Lamon (song writer), Nigel Stonier (producer): ‘Rainbow of Light Anthem’ - https://youtu.be/IOYYvy1yGxw CLASSICAL: (iPhone recording, sound ‘okay’… but shaking image) Clara Schumann: ‘Ich stand in dunklen Träume’, op.13 no.1 - https://youtu.be/BJxZF1Wka9E LIGHTER: Cole Porter: ‘My Heart belongs to Daddy’ – https://youtu.be/MwojQdfvx_8 Artist Website: http://www.katerinamina.com
Katerina Mina – Photo Gallery
Photo Credit: Shantha Delaunay Photography
Photo Credit: Shantha Delaunay Photography
Photo Credit: Shantha Delaunay Photography
